2011-01-112011-01-112001Venter, PM 2001, 'Kanon in die kanon', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 57, no. 1&2, pp. 458-478.0259-9422 (print)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15652Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFThe reductionist trend of the notion of a canon in the canon is radically changed in a postmodern era. A modernist hegemonic notion of canon shifted towards a contextually based inter subjective dialogue between reader and text. Canon criticism shifted the focus of attention from the text towards the process in which the text operates as canon. Issues in this process are the actions of discrimination and of formal selection. These should be seen as the canon in the canon process. Such a view is not reductionist, but rather pluralistic. Canon in the canon can no longer be a reductionist and static choice from Biblical materials, but is a dynamic and ongoing process of endless combinations, even of contradictory passages, to meet the demands of each new situation.AfrikaansFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaCanon criticismPostmodernism -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityReductionismReligious pluralismArticle